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Provide References Who Will Talk

WHAT IF REFERENCES WON’T TALK?
 If you’re an employer anxious to hire the best people and you require candidates for employment to supply job-related references, what do you do if a reference refuses to talk to you?  Do you just let it go and base your hiring decision on nothing more than the resume and a [...]

Select References Carefully

THE IMPORTANCE OF CAREFULLY PICKING YOUR REFERENCES
 Particularly in recessionary times, when unemployment is higher than normal, employers have more discretion when hiring new employees.  As a result, more and more employers are doing thorough reference checking to help insure that they’re hiring the right person for the job to be done.  If you’re in the [...]

Case Study: Genworth Financial

Supporting an Effective and Efficient Recruiting Model for Genworth Financial
A Barada Associates Case Study
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For a global financial security company, client confidence is everything. Customers who purchase wealth management and insurance products want to know they can trust the firm with which they do business. For Fortune 500 company [...]

Who Selects References?

WHO SELECTS REFERENCES?
The selection of good work-related references is a two step process.  Taking the first step is the prospective employer’s job. Namely, to identify the types of references the employer wants from the candidate.  Generally speaking, the ideal set of references – from the employer’s perspective – would be a former supervisor, former co-worker, [...]

2012: The Year of Reference Checking!

2012: THE YEAR OF REFERENCE CHECKING!
Way back in the late 70s and early 80s, when Barada Associates was beginning to build its reputation, our primary focus was on job performance-based reference checking.  Few, if any other background screening companies offered a similar service.  They focused on providing background checks on candidates for employment – conducting [...]

Is Your Day Care Conducting Background Checks?

IS YOUR DAY CARE CENTER HIRING CRIMINALS?
Previously I have written about the need for schools and healthcare facilities to do a better job of checking the people they hire.  On the heels of that article, a story hit the news recently about an area day care center being operated by a convicted felon.  The story goes [...]

Background Screening in Healthcare

WORKERS IN HEALTHCARE NEED TO BE CHECKED!
As the population ages, more and more people will be employed in some area of the healthcare field – from nurse’s aides, EMTs, LPNs, RNs, technicians, custodial people, to the most highly trained physicians and specialists in any of a variety of disciplines ranging from research to surgery. Healthcare, [...]

Protecting the Most Vulnerable in our Population

PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN
One of the most significant trends we’re seeing emerge in background and reference checking is the increasing number of educational institutions – not only in primary and secondary schools, but also in higher education – who realize that protecting students is essential.
Nearly every week another story appears about a student being harmed by [...]

Case Study: Indianapolis Archdiocese

Custom Screening Solutions Help Indianapolis
Archdiocese Safeguard Its Youth
A Barada Associates Case Study
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All too frequently in today’s society, the media blasts headlines about children being tricked into trusting a dangerous individual—often with tragic results. Even small schools managed by a full contingent of permanent staff struggle with this issue [...]

Case Study: MainSource Financial Group

Holistic Candidate Screening Ensures Best Practices;
Due Diligence for Financial Services Firm
A Barada Associates Case Study
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For MainSource Financial Group, superior candidate screening is a cornerstone of its operation. The firm maintains a 13% employee turnover rate—7% lower than the industry average of 20%. Furthermore, as a publicly traded entity, [...]